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From from 1932 to 1934 he journeyed on foot from [[Switzerland]] to [[Italy]] and then to [[Tunisia]] and [[Algeria]]. In [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]], Algeria, Häberlin worked in the famous Pâtisserie Viennoise to restore his travel funds. He returned via [[Morocco]] and [[Gibraltar]] and made other trips in Europe. |
From from 1932 to 1934 he journeyed on foot from [[Switzerland]] to [[Italy]] and then to [[Tunisia]] and [[Algeria]]. In [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]], Algeria, Häberlin worked in the famous Pâtisserie Viennoise to restore his travel funds. He returned via [[Morocco]] and [[Gibraltar]] and made other trips in Europe. |
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In 1938/9 Häberlin studied sculpture and photography at the Hansischen Hochschule, Hamburg. He then enrolled in photography at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich from 1940 to 1943. His work was published in ''Atlantis'' and ''Du''. In 1948 he married Jolita Coughlin, an American student. He undertook four extensive tours of North Africa over 1949-1952 on the established caravan routes, on foot, by bicycle and on transport, crossing the Saharan desert until he reached [[Cameroon|North Cameroon]]. |
In 1938/9 Häberlin studied sculpture and photography at the Hansischen Hochschule, Hamburg. He then enrolled in photography at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich from 1940 to 1943. His work was published in ''Atlantis'' and ''Du''. In 1948 he married Jolita Coughlin, an American student. He undertook four extensive tours of North Africa over 1949-1952 on the established caravan routes, on foot, by bicycle and on transport, crossing the Saharan desert until he reached [[Cameroon|North Cameroon]]. He photographed the peoples and architecture of the region.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Rudofsky, Bernard | author2=Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | title=Architecture without architects : a short introduction to non-pedigreed architecture | publication-date=1964 | publisher=Doubleday | isbn=978-0-385-07487-2 }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | His frank, full-face photograph of a girl with braided hair and decorative cicatrices on her cheeks and nose, taken in bright sunlight is typical of his work in Northern Africa; made out of his curiosity about a timeless, unspoilt culture. It was selected by curator [[Edward Steichen]] for the world-touring [[Museum of Modern Art]] exhibition [[The Family of Man]], seen by 9 million visitors and published in a catalogue which has sold 4 million copies and has never been out of print.<ref>{{Cite book | author1=Steichen, Edward | author2=Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973, (organizer.) | author3=Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967, (writer of foreword.) | author4=Norman, Dorothy, 1905-1997, (writer of added text.) | author5=Lionni, Leo, 1910-1999, (book designer.) | author6=Mason, Jerry, (editor.) | author7=Stoller, Ezra, (photographer.) | author8=Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | title=The family of man : the photographic exhibition | publication-date=1955 | publisher=Published for the Museum of Modern Art by Simon and Schuster in collaboration with the Maco Magazine Corporation | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10809600 }}</ref> An Associated Press report of the time suggests that the picture may have been amongst those torn down in Moscow by the Nigerian student Theophilus Neokonkwo while ''The Family of Man'' was being exhibited there at its last venue in 1959. His actions were in a protest at colonialist attitudes to black races<ref>{{Citation | author1=Kaplan, Louis | title=American exposures : photography and community in the twentieth century | publication-date=2005 | publisher=University of Minnesota Press | isbn=978-0-8166-4569-5 }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | His frank, full-face photograph of a girl with braided hair and decorative cicatrices on her cheeks and nose, taken in bright sunlight is typical of his work in Northern Africa; made out of his curiosity about a timeless, unspoilt culture. It was selected by curator [[Edward Steichen]] for the world-touring [[Museum of Modern Art]] exhibition [[The Family of Man]], seen by 9 million visitors and published in a catalogue which has sold 4 million copies and has never been out of print.<ref>{{Cite book | author1=Steichen, Edward | author2=Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973, (organizer.) | author3=Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967, (writer of foreword.) | author4=Norman, Dorothy, 1905-1997, (writer of added text.) | author5=Lionni, Leo, 1910-1999, (book designer.) | author6=Mason, Jerry, (editor.) | author7=Stoller, Ezra, (photographer.) | author8=Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | title=The family of man : the photographic exhibition | publication-date=1955 | publisher=Published for the Museum of Modern Art by Simon and Schuster in collaboration with the Maco Magazine Corporation | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10809600 }}</ref> |
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==Death and legacy== |
==Death and legacy== |
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Revision as of 05:33, 24 September 2018
Peter Werner Häberlin (May 25, 1912–July 9, 1953) was a Swiss photographer noted for his picture series of Saharan Africa made between 1949 and 1952.
Biography
Peter Häberlin was born in 1912 in Kreuzlingen near Konstanz on Lake Constance (the Obersee Bodensee) and grew up in Singen, in Germany, just across the Swiss border. From 1928-1931 he took up an apprenticeship with a pastry chef in Berneck, Switzerland, at the eastern end of Lake Constance.
From from 1932 to 1934 he journeyed on foot from Switzerland to Italy and then to Tunisia and Algeria. In Constantine, Algeria, Häberlin worked in the famous Pâtisserie Viennoise to restore his travel funds. He returned via Morocco and Gibraltar and made other trips in Europe.
In 1938/9 Häberlin studied sculpture and photography at the Hansischen Hochschule, Hamburg. He then enrolled in photography at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich from 1940 to 1943. His work was published in Atlantis and Du. In 1948 he married Jolita Coughlin, an American student. He undertook four extensive tours of North Africa over 1949-1952 on the established caravan routes, on foot, by bicycle and on transport, crossing the Saharan desert until he reached North Cameroon. He photographed the peoples and architecture of the region.[1]
His frank, full-face photograph of a girl with braided hair and decorative cicatrices on her cheeks and nose, taken in bright sunlight is typical of his work in Northern Africa; made out of his curiosity about a timeless, unspoilt culture. It was selected by curator Edward Steichen for the world-touring Museum of Modern Art exhibition The Family of Man, seen by 9 million visitors and published in a catalogue which has sold 4 million copies and has never been out of print.[2] An Associated Press report of the time suggests that the picture may have been amongst those torn down in Moscow by the Nigerian student Theophilus Neokonkwo while The Family of Man was being exhibited there at its last venue in 1959. His actions were in a protest at colonialist attitudes to black races[3]
Death and legacy
Shortly after returning from his last trip, Häberlin died in a tragic accident in Zürich in 1953, in the midst of his preparations for a new expedition to Mexico. His estate is located in the Fotostiftung Switzerland, Winterthur.
Some of his photographs were published posthumously in 1956 in the book Yallah,[4] completed by Häberlin’s father with the help of the American author Paul Bowles and with a foreword by Bowles. The New Yorker, reported that it was the work “of one of the great photographers of our times, capable of showing, as only art can, what would otherwise have remained hidden”.
Publications
- Borellini, Alessia, (editor of compilation.); Haeberlin, Peter W., 1912-1953. Photographs. Selections; Museo delle culture (Lugano, Switzerland) (host institution.) (2012), Sahara : Peter W. Häberlin : fotografie, 1949-1952 (Prima edizione ed.), [Firenze] Giunti, ISBN 978-88-09-78138-2
{{citation}}:|author1=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Stiftung für die Photographie (Switzerland); Pfrunder, Peter; Gasser, Martin, 1955-; Imboden, Martin, 1893-1935 (2006), Martin Imboden, Wilhelm Felber, Peter W. Häberlin, Martin Glaus, Gerda Meyerhof, Doris Quarella, Hugo Jaeggi : vergessen & verkannt : aus der Sammlung der Fotostiftung Schweiz, Limmat, ISBN 978-3-85791-512-3
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Bowles, Paul; Haeberlin, Peter W., 1912-1953, (illus.) (1956), Yallah, Manesse
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Exhibitions
- Peter W. Häberlin: Sahara. Fotografie 1949-1952, Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Rome, February 02, 2017-March 12, 2017
References
- ^ Rudofsky, Bernard; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (1964), Architecture without architects : a short introduction to non-pedigreed architecture, Doubleday, ISBN 978-0-385-07487-2
- ^ Steichen, Edward; Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973, (organizer.); Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967, (writer of foreword.); Norman, Dorothy, 1905-1997, (writer of added text.); Lionni, Leo, 1910-1999, (book designer.); Mason, Jerry, (editor.); Stoller, Ezra, (photographer.); Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (1955). The family of man : the photographic exhibition. Published for the Museum of Modern Art by Simon and Schuster in collaboration with the Maco Magazine Corporation.
{{cite book}}:|author6=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Kaplan, Louis (2005), American exposures : photography and community in the twentieth century, University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 978-0-8166-4569-5
- ^ Bowles, Paul; Haeberlin, Peter W., 1912-1953, (illus.) (1956), Yallah, Manesse, retrieved 24 September 2018
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